Version: 1.11.1 (using 4.2.1 (KDE 4.2.1), Kubuntu packages) Compiler: cc OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.27-11-generic Started kontact/kmail about twenty five minutes ago and it is unusably slow as it "compacts" all my maildir folders. This either needs to happen: A) Smaller process slice so the program remains usable - I don't care if it takes all day to "compact"/purge old messages but please do not cause the program to become unusably slow; B) In a separate process so the program remains usable; C) Have an easy way to pause it Thank you.
Howdy, This an even more sever problem in KMail/1.11.4 and Kontact/1.4.4. Every time kontact starts up kmail compacts ALL the folders which takes about 25 minutes. It really sucks when you need to read and reply quickly to an email and to send a two word response takes FOREVER. Everything in Kontact is affected. If I was using mailboxes I could understand the scan but everything is in maildirs so I'm wondering if this is really necessary? I've even tried setting "Compactable=false" in kmailrc and then started kontact without affect.
Thank you for taking the time to file a bug report. KMail2 was released in 2011, and the entire code base went through significant changes. We are currently in the process of porting to Qt5 and KF5. It is unlikely that these bugs are still valid in KMail2. We welcome you to try out KMail 2 with the KDE 4.14 release and give your feedback.